Barbara Eckstein, a fall 2012 Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, discusses her interdisciplinary work in a Q & A on the early phases of her extensive research study of the Upper Mississippi River Basin as well as a digital, participatory People's Weather Map she is helping to build.
Story from: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website
Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from many of the effects of environmental degradation by applying a thin, single layer of a water-resistant coating, according to University of Iowa researchers and their Cardiff (U.K.) University colleagues. The paper is published in "Scientific Reports," a new online, open access journal from the publishers of "Nature." Story
The complete work of one of the University of Iowa’s famous alumni has found its home in the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives. Story
Iowa is one of only three states with an all-male Supreme Court, but a new study from the University of Iowa College of Law suggests more diversity can be achieved with a few tweaks to the state’s lauded merit selection system. Story
University of Iowa law professor Herb Hovenkamp is part of a team assembled by the American Bar Association to advise President Obama on antitrust policy during his second term. Story
When JD Reive first accepted the head coaching job for the University of Iowa men's gymnastics team, his first task was as arduous as the team was ambitious; change the culture and expectations of a program that had fallen on hard times. After two years of tireless work, the Hawkeyes are on the verge of meeting that goal. Story
Teachers from more than seven Iowa communities are converging on Iowa City this weekend to participate in a three-day Interdisciplinary Flood Institute organized by the University of Iowa College of Education as part of a larger initiative, the Living with Floods project.
Story from: The Daily Iowan
Leaders with University of Iowa Health Care have appointed Nitin Karandikar, M.D., Ph.D., as the new head of the Department of Pathology at the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Karandikar will also hold the Dr. Richard G. Lynch Chair in Experimental Pathology. Story
The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present a graduate and undergraduate dance concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 6-8, in Space Place Theater of North Hall. Story
